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ERIC Number: EJ227280
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1979
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Reluctance to Transmit Bad News When the Recipient Is Unknown: Experiments in Five Nations.
O'Neal, Edgar C.; And Others
Social Behavior and Personality, v7 n1 p39-47 1979
Postcards containing a message either favorable or unfavorable for the recipient, were "lost" in the public transportation systems of Paris, Madrid, London, Geneva, and Frankfurt. More postcards were returned when the message was favorable but only in high importance conditions. This pattern did not occur in Madrid. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communications, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries, Information Sources, Interpersonal Relationship, Responses, Stranger Reactions
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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